French strike action continues as French airline staff unions have called for a four-day strike from 5th November. The strike is in protest of a new legislation that reduces discounts on some plane tickets as staff will have to pay tax on them.

Both the flight attendants’ union and the France pilots’ union have called for a strike from 5th-8th November 5. Separately, six unions at Air France have called for a strike on 4th November against president Nicolas Sarkozy’s recently approved pension reform.